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FeaturedIt’s a Smart life
Back in 2014-2015 I had a Mother. OK so we all have Mothers, even if we’ve never known them and… Read more
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FeaturedMy Amazing Wheelchair
I am fortunate to live in a country and a time with the NHS. It is a brilliant institution. Any… Read more
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FeaturedCare, a unique relationship
Care is a very strange thing. It’s a relationship that is very intimate. Only in medicine do we have equally… Read more
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FeaturedShall we get in the bath?
“OK, shall we get in the bath now.” This was said by one of the two young ladies who were… Read more
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Inspiration versus concentration
I was trying to work out the other day why it’s so much easier for me just to write what… Read more
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Mirror, mirror on the wall
One big advantage of being in bed a lot of the time is that I don’t see myself in a… Read more
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The problem with hedonism
(This is about care in it’s broadest sense) On the side of a Ryvita packet I read this: “There aren’t… Read more
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Not with a bang but a whimper
There’s some classic lines in one of TS Elliot’s poems, The Hollow Men: This is the way the world ends… Read more
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It’s not the despair, it’s the hope
There’s a comedy with John Cleese that has a great line in it. At a point in the story when… Read more
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Towels have so many uses
I used to think towels were for drying. Or maybe, if it was big and multi-coloured then lying on and… Read more
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New Hilda story published on my other site
Hilda’s big move See http://hilda.home.blog
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Flash, bang, wallop, what a picture!
I have always enjoyed photography and still do, even in a wheelchair. My first camera, in 1972, was a Kodak… Read more
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New Hilda Story published
Latest Hilda story ‘Hilda and the BBQ’, Available at http://hilda.home.blog
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Ten Hints & Tips
These are a list of ten things I have found make life easier when you are mobility limited: 1/ Litter… Read more
Being cared for has been a series of difficult, awkward and funny situations.
